People do a lot of things on the hit television series Downton Abbey. They arrive at the door in Rolls-Royces, ride around on hunting horses, flirt with each other, say naughty things to each other, hand their coats to butlers, serve food, eat food.

Watching "Downton Abbey" on PBS can alert you to all kinds of antique precious-metal items you can recycle and refine profitably with Specialty Metals Smelters & Refiners. Image courtesy of PBS.

But that’s not all. If you turn the sound off, ignore the plot and simply watch what happens on the screen, you are going to notice something useful about Downton Abbey...

You can see dozens, if not hundreds, of precious metal items in every episode of the show

Why Are We Writing about this in Today’s Post?

It’s because watching Downton Abbey can alert you to all kinds of antique precious-metal items that you can find if you’re shopping online, at antique stores, at estate sales . . . just about everywhere old metal items can be found.

Here’s a checklist of items that we noticed during just one episode of the show:

When men gamble, they pull old gold coins out of their pockets and throw them on the table.

If You Find those Riches when You’re Hunting for Gold . . .

Call Specialty Metals Smelters and Refiners at 800-426-2344 and talk to us about having your discoveries tested and processed. Be sure to mention our blog and ask about free or discounted shipping costs when you send your items to us for testing.